Wednesday, June 21, 2006

GOP OnStar

Citizen: Oh thank God. This car just came...came...plunging out of the sky right in front of me. It’s on fire and I think there are people trapped inside.

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: But...but, I said that I think there are people trapped inside.

GOP OnStar: Yes, sir. I heard you. Are you a doctor?

Citizen: No.

GOP OnStar: Well then don’t worry; someone will be along shortly to take care of it. We suspect...terrorists...are behind it, so you need to leave. Immediately.

Citizen: Terrorists? Really?

GOP OnStar: Yes sir.

Citizen: Ok, well I was trying to find a my way to a rational position on Iraq, and...

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen (continuing): ...I got lost.

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: I’m also running a little low on gas, so I’ll need a good energy polic...

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: ...y.

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: It’s also getting pretty hot in here, so if you could tell me where I could find a scientifically sound environmental plan too.

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: Are you sure?

GOP OnStar: Keep turning right.

Citizen: But the signs all say “No Exit Strategy”?

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: It, uh, doesn’t look like there’s a road there?

GOP OnStar: Keep turning right.

Citizen: It’s dark. I can’t see anything.

GOP OnStar: Turn right immediately.

Citizen: Look I’m driving through a fucking forest and I can’t see a damned thing.

GOP OnStar: Keep turning right.

Citizen: Is this even a person? Is this a recording?! There. Is. No. Road. Here.

GOP OnStar: No sir, this is not a recording. I am Karl, your GOP OnStar operator. Your destination is directly ahead of you, to the right. And the terrorists are directly behind you. They're gaining fast, so you need to keep accelerating and turning right.

Citizen: I swear to Christ, OnStar, if you're fucking with me I will never, ever...aughhhhhhhhhh!

GOP OnStar: Sir?

Citizen: Aughhhhhhhhhh!

Sound of a massive crash.

Silence.

GOP OnStar: Sir?

Pause.

GOP OnStar: Sir?

Gurgling sounds. Sizzling sounds of cooking meat. Signal ends.

GOP OnStar: Hehehe.

Long pause.

Phone ringing.

GOP OnStar: GOP OnStar. May I help you?

Another Citizen: Holy shit! This car, it just came out of nowhere. Just...fell. Out of the god damned sky. Right in front of me. Right in front of me!

driftglass, I am neither left nor right, but I would say that post sums up what has happened to the republicans to a tee. Hijacked and sent careening hard right. Paul Craig Roberts and Ron Paul would most certainly agree.

One of the funniest captions I e ver read was when, under a picture of a jeep flying out of a plane (in a James Bond movie), someone wrote, "Hello, OnStar. How may I help you?"

Seems to apply in this case.

Note the new URL, btw. I got it up, again. Refractory periods are never a good idea with this bunch of assclowns currently in power.

: Population 300,000,000.

Consaidering that Jane Hamsher's mother died on Monday, the day after she made the #1 spot in my last Assclowns of the Week, perhaps the 19th was a good day to delete my old blog.

By some strange coincidence, my boss's father-in-law passed away the same day. I went to the wake tonight, in fact. I'm still wearing my shirt and tie. Both people passed away on my kid's 22nd birthday. It was one of those days where everything seemed to happen at once.

Someone from the DC blog who goes by the handle "Observer" has come here and copy/pasted one of my comments to DC's blog. If that person comes back I want them to know I consider that extremely rude and that kind of behavior is exactly why I left after nearly two years. As for the comment that DC is more credible than driftglass, I find that laughable, fame does not equate with credibility.

driftglass, I am afraid that KC's advertisement for you has resulted in the inevitable trolls that plague the Corn blog. I'm sure that what "observer" did hasn't helped. factchecker is one of three rude and obnoxious posters that insult and derail David's threads. I am so sorry if my presence had anything to do with their behavior.KC, we should have known a good thing like this couldn't last.

A quick note before going off to mine NaCl--Drifty, I might warn you a bit about factchecker (or "factless" as he's known over on the Cornblog). He seems to be a typical Orc; that is, his skull is a vacuous chamber pot into which the Corporate Elephascist McMedia Matrix defecates its myths and legends. This might be good news, however; it could mean that you've become influential enough that the fascists think it necessary to pay an Orc to shadow your blog.--KC